How come the Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko fight didn't go to the scorecards if it went 6 rounds?

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  1. spravedlivylev

    spravedlivylev Haaaappy Neeeew Yeeeear! banned Full Member

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    [url]Not true at all - it was as clean a punch as they come.[/url]

    As for using his dreads to make the cuts worse: not true either. I just rewatched this fight, not even once did that happen. There's a reason why Vitali himself never claimed Lewis did anything like that during the fight.

    It's quite clear at this points that you have an anti-Lewis agenda here.
     
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    fencik45 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Naw, it is quite clear you are a brit.
     
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    So you claim that:
    1) Lewis was lucky
    2) Lewis fought dirty with headbutts
    3) Lewis didn't cause the cuts with clean punches
    4) Lewis didn't want the rematch, he basically ducked Vitali
    5) Vitali, for some unknown reason, lies when he doesn't claim there were headbutts from Lewis
    6) Vitali, for some unknown reason, lies about Lewis' mother stopping the rematch
    7) Manny Steward, for some unknown reason, lies about Lewis' SO not wanting him to fight anymore
    8) Lewis wasn't underprepared but was on HGH = he is a drug cheat as well

    And if anyone disputes any of these things, they must be a Brit. To put together such an elaborate and far-fetched agenda is quite something, I must admit.

    Oh, and not that it has any relevance, but just for the record: you are way off the mark. I'm not British, not even Western European.
     
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    I claim 2, 4 and 8. the rest are bs you made up. Lewis himself was the one running around saying his mom made him retire btw.
     
  5. Glass City Cobra

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    Because Vitali got his face rearranged by legitimate punches from Lewis. If the cuts were due to a bunch of accidental headbutts then it would make more sense to go to the cards. ****ing get over it already. Lewis was fat, old, disinterested, and out of shape and still managed to stop the younger, more aggressive Vitali.
     
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    It's almost 2023 and it still works like a charm. One luv.
     
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    Yes, it grazed Klitschko. It was essentially a punch that missed. A freak event. Just luck.
     
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    You use hyperbole in conjunction with selectively assembling only some of the facts.

    The punch essentially missed, just grazing the skin of Klitschko, who was on two weeks' notice.

    Lewis sure was disinterested after the bout and it doesn't take a genius to figure out why.
     
  9. fencik45

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    I'm not saying it was a purposeful thumb, just saying the thumb was all that landed. It definitely wasn;t a case of digging the thumb in during a clinch.
     
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    I am disinterested in beating the fossilized remains of this horse.
     
  11. catchwtboxing

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    It isn't even close. Many have Lewis at #3 of all time at heavy now. Vitali...top 25 somewhere. And that is being generous....mostly based on perceived ability... because things get very subjective when you get that far down.
     
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